On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

10 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

8 mph ESE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief